Well, chihuahuas are awfully small for mammals...[b said:Quote[/b] (PiranhaPlant @ Dec. 17 2005,5:42)]How does a mammal even get trapped in amber, I thought only insects got stucked in amber since amber forms in trees?
[b said:Quote[/b] ]and apparently the higher CO2 levels of the ancient world allowed plants to grow much larger than they do today; I think I read somewhere that there are fossils of certain plants (species that are still around) which are up to six times the size of the largest specimens extant today.
That struck me too... it does look an awful lot like a portrait. If I die by drowning in a viscous fluid, I hope I look like that.[b said:Quote[/b] (endparenthesis @ Dec. 17 2005,8:48)]First, it looks like it's posing peacefully. Which isn't how most mammals suffocate to death in sap, I think.